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Sample course plan: Edexcel GCSE English
Sample course plan: GCSE English
Year 10
Autumn 1 Spring 1 Summer 1
Begin Unit 1 study – English Today Controlled Assessment: Continue Unit 2 study – The Writer’s Craft
Focus on Reading skills: Unit 1: English Today Focus on Section C – Practical /
Identifying key points Untiered. On screen or on paper. Transactional Writing
Audience and purpose Task 1 – Reading 10% Up to 2 hours
Presentational devices – Comment on two texts from the chosen Identify features of writing:
theme Different forms, eg newspaper, formal
Language – Identify how writers communicate ideas. report, article
Selecting details and comparing. Task 2 – Writing 10% Up to 2 hours Audience and purpose
– Complete one task from two given.
Structure and organisation, including open/
Focus on Writing skills: close techniques
Audience, register and purpose Begin Unit 2 Study – The Writer’s Craft Vocabulary and register
Structure and form Focus on Section B – Different Cultures Use of rhetoric
Ideas and planning prose text:
Range and variety of sentences/ structures
Crafting language for purpose and audience, Begin study of Different Cultures prose text Paragraphing and cohesive devices
eg connectives, topic sentences, Identify the culture in which text is set
paragraphing, cohesive devices, tone. Planning.
Identify differences and similarities with own Practise sample questions under timed
culture conditions.
Identify social and historical background of
author/text
Interim total mark for S&L
Communicating and Adapting Language Use a variety of sources to stimulate and Identify areas for further improvement.
(formal S&L assessment) engage students, eg original text, film and
DVD versions, live performances.
Autumn 2 Spring 2 Summer 2
Applying Reading and Writing skills to Receive Unit 1 Results (March) Continue Unit 2 study – The Writer's Craft
chosen texts Decide who will benefit from resit in June Focus on Section C –
Focus on selected non-fiction texts: Practical/Transactional Writing
Read and study selected texts Continue study of Different Cultures prose Complete study as above.
Identify and compare features text:
Explore how writers use presentation and Complete study of whole text Prepare candidates for Resit.
language to communicate their ideas and Students build up own notes and resources
perspectives on the text
Students (with staff guidance) select two Familiarise pupils with format of three-part
texts on which to be assessed. ontrolled Assessment:
question
Unit 1: English Today
Practise examination techniques:
Untiered. On screen or on paper.
Focus on using Writing skills: – Answering within time constraints
Task 1 – Reading 10% Up to 2 hours
Practise different styles of writing – Recognising format and scope of
– Comment on two texts from the chosen
Make choices in their writing that are questions.
theme
appropriate to audience and purpose
– Identify how writers communicate ideas.
Creating and Sustaining roles
Task 2 – Writing 10% Up to 2 hours
Prepare the Controlled Assessment tasks – (formal S&L assessment)
may be either on screen or on paper. Complete one task from two given
Interacting and Responding
(formal S&L assessment)
Sample course plan: Edexcel GCSE English
Sample course plan: GCSE English
Year 11
Autumn 1 Spring 1 Summer 1
Continue Unit 2 study – The Writer’s Craft Examination: Unit 2: The Writer’s Craft Complete Unit 3 study
Focus on Section A: Shakespeare play: Tiered. One task in each section. Prepare the Controlled Assessment tasks:
2 hours.
Read text Practise writing to time limit
Section A – Reading: Shakespeare 10%
Use a variety of sources to stimulate and Three-part question Prepare poetry task by selecting chosen
engage students, eg original text, film and poems
DVD versions. Section B – Reading: Different
Cultures 10% Three-part question Prepare creative writing task by planning
and researching writing.
Section C – Writing 20%
Practical/Transactional Writing
Begin Unit 3 study – Creative Responses
Focus on Imaginative and Creative Writing
Creating and Sustaining roles
(formal S&L assessment) Genre and features
Draw up total mark for S&L.
Structure: open/close, paragraphs, topic
sentences
Powerful language: verbs, adverbs,
adjectives
Setting and atmosphere
Character
Dialogue.
Autumn 2 Spring 2 Summer 2
Complete study of Shakespeare play: Receive Unit 2 results (March)
Complete study of whole text Decide who will benefit from resit in June Examination: Unit 2: The Writer’s Craft
Students build up own notes and resources Tiered. One task in each section.
on the text Focus on Reading Response to Poetry: 2 hours.
Familiarise students with format of three-part Study one collection of 15 poems and one • Section A – Reading: Shakespeare 10%
question Literary Heritage poem set by Edexcel Three-part question
Practise examination techniques: Encourage students to develop a personal • Section B – Reading: Different
– Answering within time constraints response to the themes, ideas, attitudes, Cultures 10%
feelings and linguistic features of the poems Three-part question
– Recognising format and scope of
questions. they study • Section C – Writing 20%
Identify aspects of language use, theme,
viewpoint and tone in poems studied Practical/Transactional Writing
Interpret writers’ ideas, attitudes and feelings Controlled Assessment: Up to 2 hours.
Read poems with insight and engagement.
Interacting and Responding Unit 3: Creative Responses
(formal S&L assessment) • Response to 2 poems from 15 studied and
Communicating and Adapting Language one Literary Heritage poem
(formal S&L assessment) May be written, digital or multimodal
• Creative writing 1000 words maximum
Task and stimulus set by Edexcel.
Teacher-marked and externally moderated.
Submit:
Final S&L mark
Final Poetry (Reading) and
Creative Writing Marks
